If you have a lot of experience, please refrain from answering until the newbies have had a chance!

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The question is: how can one be certain that the watch is not fully original?

I posted this because the particular issue that I refer to is seen now and then, and can easily be missed. But once you are aware of it, you will likely never miss it again.

 

"SWISS" on the other picture of the dial.

 

No – the issue can easily be discerned from the single photo that I posted above.

 

The largest concentric circles are not parallel. Distance between them at 12 longer than at 6

 

nope

 

Double printing of blue circle ?

 

I can barely contain myself.

 

No – what I refer to is – once you are aware of it – much less subtle!

 

the 20. Misplaced

 

Is the lume wrong? Should be darker/radium?

 

nope

no, but you're getting warm

 

Black lines around the lume?

 

radium indexes need radium hands? I am not into 40ies vintage

 

Bingo!

 

The indices on the black scale do not line up with the indices on the blue scale.

 

thx Tony, but let s talk about SWISS on the other picture at ebay........

 

If the dial originally had luminous indices, the hands, for obvious reasons, must also minimally be the type that were designed to hold lume.

Thanks for playing, and I hope that it proves useful to some readers in the future!

 

it's a gallet. Don't buy those

 

60 some bids, yet @vujen has a beautiful Gallet for sale here on OF.

That was fun Tony!

 

Thanks @Tony C. ... I've learnt something new!